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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

SPECIAL ORDER.
I, the undersigned, Clerk of the Waimea County Council, hereby certify that the following resolution has been duly passed by the said Council, at their meeting held at Nelson, on Wednesday, the 4th day of February, 1885, and that the requirements of the Act have been duly complied with :—
That a special order be now made to dissolve the Waimea Road Board and constitute two new road districts with Boards of six members each.
That the first be named the Waimea West Road District; that Herbert Langford, of Waimea West, be Returning Officer; and that the election take place at the Waimea West School-room, on Monday, the 4th day of May, 1885.
That the second be named the Waimea Road District; that William White, of Brightwater, be Returning Officer; and that the election take place at the Temperance Hall, Wakefield, on Monday, the 4th day of May, 1885.

Boundaries of Waimea West Road District.
Commencing near the mouth of the Waimea River, at the north-eastern extremity of Section 10; thence along the banks of the Waimea and Wai-iti Rivers to the western boundary-line of Section 1 of 161; thence by the southern boundary of Sections part 161 and 165 and the south-eastern boundary of 10 and 12 of 112 to the southern angle of Section 16; thence by the south-western and north-western boundaries of Section 16 and the south-eastern and north-eastern boundaries of Section 17 to the western corner of Section 12; thence by the north-western boundary of Section 12 to a public road; thence by said public road to the southern corner of Section 186, Eves Valley; thence by the western boundary-lines of Sections 186, 37, 38, 39, 36, 68, 67, 66, 65, 192, and 194 to high-water mark of the Waimea Mud Flat; thence by the northern boundary of Sections 194, 25, and 167, the eastern boundary of Sections 167 and 24, and the northern boundary of Sections 23, 22, 13, 3, and X. to point of commencement.

Boundaries of Waimea Road District.
To comprise all the remaining portion of the present Waimea Road District, as follows: All that area in the Provincial District of Nelson bounded towards the East by the Richmond Road District, commencing at the northern boundary of Section 27; thence along the banks of the Wairoa River to its junction with the River Roding; thence along the banks of that river and the River Lee to the intersection of the south-eastern boundary-line of the Richmond Road District; thence towards the South-east by a line being the production of the south-eastern boundary-line of the Richmond Road District aforesaid for a distance of twelve miles; thence towards the South by a right line to the south-eastern corner of Section 29, Gordon Survey District; thence by the southern boundary-line of that section; thence towards the West by the western boundary-line of Section 29 aforesaid and the summit of the watershed to the northern corner of Sections 9 and 12, Wai-iti Hills, Gordon Survey District aforesaid; thence by a right line to the north-eastern corner of Section 135, Pigeon Valley, Wai-iti Survey District; thence towards the South-west by a right line to the southernmost corner of Section 108 or 104, Wai-iti Survey District aforesaid; thence towards the North-west by the boundary of the Pangatotara Road District; thence towards the North-east by the boundary of the Upper Moutere Road District to the southern corner of Section 186, Eves Valley; thence by a public road to the corner of Section 12; thence by the north-eastern and south-eastern boundary of Section 16; thence to the southern angle of Section 16; thence by the south-eastern boundary of 10 and 12 of 112; thence by the southern boundary of 165 and part 161; thence by the western boundary of 1 of 161 to the Wai-iti River; thence along the bank of the said river to its junction with the Waimea River.

J. V. NALDER,
County Clerk.
Waimea County Council Office,
Nelson, 28th March, 1885.

Special Orders made by Ashburton County Council.—Altering Mount Somers and Mount Hutt Road Districts.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th April, 1885.

THE following special orders, made by the Ashburton County Council, are published in accordance with “The Counties Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1882.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

RESOLVED, That the Council do make a special order altering the boundaries of the Mount Hutt Road District and the Mount Somers Road District, and that such special order be as follows, that is to say,—

SPECIAL ORDER.
In compliance with the petition of the ratepayers of the Mount Hutt Road District and of part of the Mount Somers Road District which has been presented to the Council, and in pursuance of the powers conferred upon the Council by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” “The Road Boards Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1883,” and of all other powers vested in it in that behalf, the County Council of the County of Ashburton doth hereby order and declare that the boundaries of the said road districts shall be altered, and that from and after the day on which this special order shall be gazetted the boundaries of the said road districts shall be as follows, that is to say,—

Mount Hutt Road District.
All that area in the Provincial District of Canterbury bounded towards the North-east by a line along the middle of the Rakaia River from Lake Stream to a point in line with the south-east boundary of Section No. 7305, Corwar Survey District; thence towards the South-east by a line along the middle of the road forming the north-west boundaries of Sections Nos. 26917, 26918, 7301, and 15544; towards the North-east by a line along the middle of the road forming the south-western boundary of Section No. 25899; thence again towards the South-east by a line along the middle of the road forming the north-west boundary of Section No. 26456, aforesaid survey district; thence towards the South by a line along the middle of the road forming the southern boundary of Section No. 27304 and that road continued to the north-east boundary-line of Section No. 34170, Spaxton Survey District; thence towards the South-west by that section and Sections Nos. 30966 and 34169, Spaxton Survey District aforesaid; thence again towards the South-east by a line along the middle of the road forming the north-west boundary of the last-named section, by a line through Section No. 19532, and by Sections Nos. 26862, 25538, 20654, 19708, 19709, 15441, 15442, 34166, and 34165, Westerfield Survey District, to the north branch of the Ashburton River; thence towards the South-west by a line along the middle of that branch to the south-east corner of Runs Nos. 435, 436, and 437; thence again towards the North-west by the south-east boundary of these runs and a line in continuation thereof; thence again towards the Westward by Run No. 298; again towards the South-westward by a stream forming the north-eastern boundary of the last-named run to a point on the north bank of the stream in line with the eastern boundary of Run No. 175; thence by a straight line to the south-eastern corner of the last-named run; thence following the eastern boundary of the same and Lake Stream to the place of commencement.

Mount Somers Road District.
All that area in the Provincial District of Canterbury bounded towards the North and North-east respectively by a right line due east from the Southern Alps to the source of the River Rakaia, near Whitcombe’s Pass; thence by a line along the middle of the River Rakaia to the Mount Hutt Road District; thence by that road district to the north branch of the River Ashburton; thence towards the South-west by a line along that branch to a point in line with the south-west boundary of Rural Section No. 16558, Westerfield Survey District; again towards the South-east by a right line to and thence by the south-eastern boundary-line of Rural Section No. 20559, Westerfield Survey District aforesaid, to the southernmost corner of that section; thence by a right line to the northernmost corner of Section No. 30426, Westerfield Survey District aforesaid; thence by that section and Rural Sections Nos. 26412, 8860, 34631, and 21336 respectively; thence by the continuation in easterly and westerly directions of a road forming the north-western boundary of Section No. 29851, Westerfield Survey District aforesaid, to the road forming the north-eastern boundary of Rural Section No. 21334, Westerfield Survey District aforesaid; thence by that section to the River Hinds; again towards the South-west and South-east by the Rangitata Road District to the middle of the River Rangitata; thence again towards the South-west and South-east by a line along the middle of that river and Forest Creek respectively to the source of the latter in Two-Thumb Range; thence towards the West by the summit of that range to the summit of the Southern Alps, near Mount Tyndall; thence towards the North-west by Westland County, along the middle of the River Rakaia, to the starting point.

Resolved, That the Council do make a special order dissolving the Board of the Mount Somers Road District, and that such special order be as follows, that is to say,—

SPECIAL ORDER.
Whereas by virtue of the powers conferred upon it by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” “The Road Boards Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1883,” and of all other powers vested in it in that behalf, this Council has altered the boundaries of the Mount Somers Road District; and it is enacted by the 13th section of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” that, when the boundaries of any road district are altered under the authority of section 9 of the said Act, the Council of the